AND INTO THE WEEKEND AND WHILE WE’RE WATCHING THAT UNFOLD
TONIGHT, THERE HAS BEEN A LOT OF
OTHER THINGS THAT HAPPENED
TODAY.
TODAY. THE NEW ATTORNEY GENERAL WILLIAM
BAR WAS
BAR WAS BARR WAS CONFIRMED AND SWORN IN
IN A PRIVATE CEREMONY.
ANDREW McCABE FOR ACTING
DIRECTOR OF THE FBI STARTED
SPEAKING PUBLICLY ABOUT HIS OWN
RATHER HARROWING ACCOUNT OF WHAT
HAPPENED IN THE FBI AND IN
BETWEEN THE FBI AND JUSTICE
DEPARTMENT.
DEPARTMENT. HOW MUCH TERROR BASICALLY THAT
RAISED IN THE FBI IN TERMS OF
WHAT THIS PRESIDENT MIGHT BE
CAPABLE OF?
CAPABLE OF? WE’LL WATCH THOSE STORIES AND
WATCH THOSE DEVELOPMENTS OVER
THE COURSE OF TONIGHT, AS WELL.
YOU SHOULD ALSO KNOW ON A
SMALLER SCALE THAT THE WHITE
HOUSE RELEASED THE PRESIDENT’S
LATEST PHYSICAL RESULTS.
AND THIS IS A BENCHMARK FOR THE
PRESIDENT’S HEALTH.
PRESIDENT’S HEALTH. IT’S ALSO JUST A BENCHMARK IN
TERMS OF NORMALCY AND THE
AMERICAN PRESIDENCY.
AMERICAN PRESIDENCY. THE PRESIDENT’S PHYSICAL USED TO
BE A NORMAL PREDICTABLE THING,
WITH PRESIDENT OBAMA, THE BIG
DRAMA IS HE STILL HAVING A
NICORATE ONCE IN AWHILE.
PRESIDENT BUSH CHOKED ON A
PRETZEL.
PRETZEL. THAT’S THE LIMIT YOU HAVE WITH
THE PRESIDENT’S PHYSICAL.
WITH THIS PRESIDENT, THOUGH, IN
THE SAME WAY HIS TAX RETURNS
HAVE BECOME BIZARRE AND
CONTESTED TERRITORY AND THE
WHITE HOUSE CAN’T BE COUNTED ON
ANYMORE TO DO THINGS LIKE
CORRECTLY SMELL THE LYLY SPELL T
FOREIGN LEADERS AND COUNTRIES,
TODAY, THIS WEEK THEY ARE
MISSPELLING THE FOREIGN NAMES.
THEY ARE STILL MISSPELLING THE
NAMES OF FOREIGN LEADERS WHILE
PRESIDENT TRUMP IS MEETING THEM.
YOU NEVER HAD TO WORRY WHETHER
OR NOT THERE IS PROCESSERS IN TH
HOUSE BEFORE.
HOUSE BEFORE. WILL WE EVER EXPECT THESE TO BE
SPELLED RIGHT?
SPELLED RIGHT? EVEN THE PRESIDENT’S ANNUAL
PHYSICAL HAS BECOME WEIRD AND
FANTASTIC AND WE SHOULD HAVE
KNOWN THAT WAS GOING TO HAPPEN
WHEN HIS RELEASE OF MEDICAL
INFORMATION AS A CANDIDATE
VEERED OFF IMMEDIATELY INTO VERY
STRANGE TERRITORY.
STRANGE TERRITORY. WE SHOULD HAVE KNOWN THAT
WEIRDNESS WOULD PERSIST WHEN HIS
FIRST PHYSICAL AS A PRESIDENT
ENDED UP MAKING A CELEBRITY OF
THE THEN WHITE HOUSE PHYSICIAN
BUT NOT IN A GOOD WAY.
TRUMP TRIED TO NOMINATE HIM TO
HIS CABINET.
HIS CABINET. THAT COLLAPSED UNDER A CLOUD OF
ALL SORTS OF UNEXPECTED
ALLEGATIONS ABOUT THE WHITE
HOUSE PHYSICIAN.
HOUSE PHYSICIAN. HE IS NOW THE SUBJECT OF AN ON
GOING INSPECTOR GENERAL
INVESTIGATION AT THE DEFENSE
DEPARTMENT.
DEPARTMENT. SO NOW THERE IS A NEW WHITE
HOUSE PHYSICIAN AND THIS ONE
STARTED OFF WEIRDLY, TOO, WHEN
IT COMES TO THE PRESIDENT’S
PHYSICAL, THE PRESIDENT HAD HIS
EXAM LAST WEEK AND THE WHITE
HOUSE THEREAFTER PUT OUT A
STATEMENT GIVING A PRELIMINARY
ASSESSMENT FROM THE NEW WHITE
HOUSE DOCTOR IN WHICH HE
PROCLAIMED HAPPINESS ABOUT THE
PRESIDENT’S VERY GOOD HEALTH.
QUOTE, I AM HAPPY TO ANNOUNCE
THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED
STATES IS IN VERY GOOD HEALTH
AND I ANTICIPATE HE WILL REMAIN
SO FOR THE DURATION OF HIS
PRESIDENCY, AND BEYOND.
I MEAN, JUST AS A SCIENTIFIC
MATTER, DOCTOR, YOU DON’T KNOW
HOW LONG HIS PRESIDENCY IS GOING
TO BE.
TO BE. HE’S IN HIS 70s AND TAKING COALE
MEDICATIONS AND MAYBE MORE THAN
SIX YEARS FROM NOW THIS GUY WILL
BE IN VERY GOOD HEALTH.
YOU CAN CONFIDENTLY STATE IT?
IT’S THE SORT OF THING THAT
DOCTORS DON’T SAY UNDER NORMAL
CIRCUMSTANCES, SO WHY ARE THEY
SAYING THAT WHEN IT COMES TO
THIS PRESIDENT?
THIS PRESIDENT? DID SOMEBODY ASK YOU TO SAY
THAT, DOCTOR?
THAT, DOCTOR? WELL, NOW TODAY WE HAVE THE FULL
READOUT FROM THE PRESIDENT’S
PHYSICAL ON THE PRESIDENT’S
HEALTH AND AGAIN, IT’S JUST A
LITTLE WEIRD.
LITTLE WEIRD. QUOTE, WITH THE CONSENT OF THE
PRESIDENT, I RELEASE THE
FOLLOWING HEALTH INFORMATION AND
WE DO GET BASIC NUMBERS
ACCORDING TO THE READOUT FROM
THE WHITE HOUSE, THE PRESIDENT
GAINED A FEW POUNDS FROM LAST
YEAR.
YEAR. HIS CHOLESTEROL TICKED DOWN BUT
MEDICATION TICKED UP.
HIS HEART RATE IS UP A TICK.
AND THIS IS NOT THE MOST
IMPORTANT THING IN THE WORLD BUT
I WILL DRAW YOUR ATTENTION TO
THIS ASSERTION HERE, HEIGHT
6’3".
6’3". THIS WAS ALSO THE PRESIDENT’S A
ACCORDING TO LAST YEAR’S
PHYSICAL.
PHYSICAL. 75 INCHES.
75 INCHES. 6’3".
6’3". AS A VALUE, IT DOESN’T MATTER
HOW TALL THE PRESIDENT IS.
BUT FOR THE RECORD, FOR THE
HISTORY BOOKS, RIGHT?
IT SHOULD SOME DAY BE REMEMBERED
THAT EVEN THAT IS ANOTHER NORM
BROKEN.
BROKEN. EVEN THAT IS ANOTHER WEIRD
LITTLE POINTLESS LIE THAT WE’VE
ALL BEEN TOLD TO BELIEVE ABOUT
THIS PRESIDENT BECAUSE THE
PRESIDENT MAY BE 6’3" IN HIS
MIND BUT NOT 6’3" IN HIS BODY.
AND IT SHOULDN’T MATTER.
[ LAUGHTER ]
>> EXEMPT FOR THE FACT THEY ARE
TELLING US THAT HE IS AND NO, I
HAVEN’T MEASURED THE PRESIDENT
PERSONALLY BUT YOU CAN SEE HIM
IN PICTURES STANDING NEXT TO
OTHER PEOPLE WHOSE MEASUREMENTS
HAVE BEEN TAKEN.
FOR EXAMPLE MARK SANCHEZ IS A
QUARTERBACK IN THE NFL AND HE’S
6’2".
6’2". HERE IS PRESIDENT TRUMP WITH
MARK SANCHEZ.
MARK SANCHEZ. MARK SANCHEZ IN THE PICTURE
CLEARLY TALLER THAN THE
PRESIDENT.
PRESIDENT. IF SANCHEZ IS 6’2", A PERSON WHO
IS 6’3" STANDING NEXT TO HIM
WOULD NOT BE SHORTER THAN MARK
SANCHEZ.
SANCHEZ. HERE IS A GENTLEMAN THAT IS
6’2".
6’2". HERE HE IS STANDING SHOULDER TO
SHOULDER WITH PRESIDENT TRUMP.
HE’S 6’2", HE’S TALLER THAN
PRESIDENT TRUMP, WHICH MEANS
DONALD TRUMP IS NOT 6’3".
HERE IS JUSTIN TRUDEAU, THE
PRIME MINISTER OF CANADA.
PRESIDENT TRUMP IS NOT A SHORT
MAN.
MAN. HE’S NOT LIKE DANNY DeVITO BUT
SHORTER THAN JUSTIN TRUDEAU THAT
IS 6’2", WHICH MEANS PRESIDENT
TRUMP IS NOT 6’3".
HERE IS PRESIDENT TRUMP WITH
BARACK OBAMA WHO IS 6’1".5
ACCORDING TO HIS LAST
PRESIDENTIAL PHYSICAL BACK WHEN
PRESIDENTIAL PHYSICALS WEREN’T
WEIRD AND THEY WEREN’T -- BACK
WHEN THEY WERE NORMAL
OCCURRENCES.
OCCURRENCES. PRESIDENT TRUMP AND PRESIDENT
OBAMA AS YOU CAN SEE ARE VERY
CLOSE IN HEIGHT, PRESIDENT OBAMA
IS A LITTLE TALLER THAN
PRESIDENT TRUMP AS YOU CAN SEE
IN MULTIPLE IMAGES FROM MULTIPLE
ANGLES.
ANGLES. IF YOU WOULD LIKE TO SEE WHAT IT
LOOKED LIKE IF DONALD TRUMP WAS
6’3", HERE HE IS STANDING NEXT
TO A MAN WHO IS 6’3" WHOSE NAME
IS JEB BUSH.
PRESIDENT TRUMP IS CONSIDERABLY
SHORTER THAN JEB BUSH BECAUSE
JEB BUSH IS 6’3" AND PRESIDENT
TRUMP IS NOT AND WHO CARES HOW
TALL PRESIDENT TRUMP IS?
WHO CARES HOW TALL ANY PRESIDENT
IS?
IS? BUT IN OUR LIVES AS AMERICAN
CITIZENS IN THIS TIME ON EARTH,
THIS WILL BE ONE OF THE WEIRD
POINTLESS VAIN LITTLE LIES WE’RE
EXPECTED TO, I DON’T KNOW, AGREE
WITH OR AGREE TO LET GO.
WE’RE EXPECTED TO BELIEVE IT,
MAYBE.
MAYBE. WE’RE EXPECTED TO NOT MIND IT
WHEN IT COMES TO THIS PRESIDENT,
EVEN THOUGH IT’S NOT TRUE.
WITH ELEMENTS OF THE FEDERAL
GOVERNMENT, LIKE THE WHITE HOUSE
PHYSICIAN OFFICE, YOU DON’T
EXPECT THEM TO LIE AT THE
PRESIDENT FOR NO GOOD REASON.
IN THE CASE OF THE PRESIDENT’S
PHYSICAL, IF THEY ARE LYING
ABOUT HIS HEIGHT, DOES THAT CALL
INTO QUESTION THAT THEY MAY BE
LYING ABOUT OTHER THINGS?
THAT MAY POTENTIALLY BE MORE
MATERIAL WITH THE PRESIDENT’S
FITNESS AND LIFE EXPECTANCY.
HOW TALL HE IS DOESN’T HAVE
ANYTHING TO DO ABOUT HOW LONG
HE’LL LIVE.
HE’LL LIVE. ARE THEY LYING ABOUT THE DRUGS
HE’S ON AND DOSING?
WE DON’T KNOW.
I MEAN, ONCE THEY ARE LYING
ABOUT ONE THING, IT’S HARD TO
TRUST THEM ON ANYTHING AND THIS
IS SOMETHING WE NEVER HAD TO
WORRY ABOUT AS CITIZENS BEFORE.
TO BE FAIR, WE’VE SEEN THIS FROM
THE PRESIDENT HIMSELF AND PEOPLE
THAT WORK TO PROMOTE THE
PRESIDENT.
PRESIDENT. A FEW WEEKS AGO THE BLOG WENT
BACK TO FIND THE ORIGINAL SOURCE
IMAGES FOR SOME STUFF THAT THE
WHITE HOUSE IS PUTTING OUT TO
PROMOTE TRUMP ON FACEBOOK AND
INSTAGRAM.
INSTAGRAM. ON THE LEFT SIDE OF YOUR SCREEN,
YOU CAN SEE THE ORIGINAL PHOTO
THAT WAS TAKEN OUT PRESIDENT,
HIM POINTING AND THE RIGHT SIDE
OF YOUR SCREEN, THAT’S WHAT THE
WHITE HOUSE PUT OUT TO PROMOTE
THE PRESIDENT’S IMAGE AND AT
FIRST GLANCE, IT LOOKS LIKE THEY
USED THE IMAGE TO BUILD THAT
MEME, THAT LITTLE MEME BUT THEY
DIDN’T JUST DO THAT, THEY HAD TO
TUNE IT UP SO YOU CAN SEE IN THE
CHANGE BETWEEN THE TWO IMAGES,
FIRST DAY GAVE HIM A LITTLE
HAIRCUT.
HAIRCUT. HIS HAIR WAS TRUMP IN THE BACK
OF THE NECK SO THEY TUNED THAT
UP A LITTLE BIT.
FIXED HIS HAIR.
THEY ALSO GAVE HIM A SHOULDER
TRANSPLANT AND A WHOLE NEW
SHOULDER ARM AREA THAT IS MORE
THIN LOOKING.
THIN LOOKING. MAYBE THAT’S THE KINDNESS OF THE
PRESIDENT’S TAYLOR MAKING THE
ROUGH IMAGES NOT DISTRACTING TO
HAVE WIDER DISPLAY BUT I MEAN,
WHAT EXPLAINS THIS?
THEY LITERALLY LENGTHENED HIS
FINGER.
FINGER. THEY AREN’T MOVING HIS HAND.
THEY ARE MAKING THE FINGER
LONGER.
LONGER. SO AS TO CREATE A NEW PUBLIC
IMAGE FOR THIS PRESIDENT THAT
WHAT, FOR WHAT PURPOSE?
GIVES US SOME SENSE OF WHAT THE
WORLD WOULD BE LIKE IF WE HAD A
PRESIDENT WHO WORE FINGER
PROSTHETICS?
PROSTHETICS? THIS IS A WEIRD KIND OF VANITY.
IT’S A WEIRD KIND OF PLAYING
WITH REALITY BUT DOESN’T MEAN
MUCH WHEN IT COMES FROM THE
PRESIDENT HIMSELF, WHEN IT COMES
FROM THE WHITE HOUSE PROMOTING
THE PRESIDENT AND COMES FROM HIS
REELECTION CAMPAIGN WILL PUT UP
PICTURES OF HIM LOOKING LIKE A
SUPER MODEL BUT IT IS SOMETHING
DIFFERENT WHEN IT’S THE FEDERAL
GOVERNMENT OF THE UNITED STATES
OF AMERICA WHICH DOESN’T JUST
WORK FOR THE PRESIDENT
PERSONALLY
PERSONALLY PERSONALLY.
PERSONALLY. THEY WORK FOR US AND SERVE A
PURPOSE BUT WE’LL ANNUALLY BE
DELIVERED AN OFFICIAL GOVERNMENT
LIE ABOUT HOW TALL THE PRESIDENT
IS.
IS. ANNUALLY, THEY WILL LIE TO US
AND TELL US HE’S A HEIGHT HE IS
NOT AND THIS IS DUMB STUFF,
RIGHT?
RIGHT? WHY DO WE HAVE TO THINK ABOUT
THIS?
THIS? IT IS KPS BEERTIRING TO KNOW HOW
CONTEND WITH BEING LIED TO BY
OUR OWN GOVERNMENT ABOUT THINGS
THAT ARE SO PETTY YOU WOULD
NEVER THINK TO FACT CHECK THEM.
BUT WHAT’S THE ALTERNATIVE?
I MEAN, SHOULD WE JUST LIKE LET
THEM SAY WHATEVER THEY THINK IS
TRUE.
TRUE. DOESN’T MATTER ON SMALL STUFF,
BIG STUFF, WE DON’T KNOW.
LETTING THE TRUTH GO SEEMS LIKE
A BAD SLIPPERY STEP AT THE TOP
OF A STEEP HILL.
LOOKING AT THE IMAGES OF TRUMP
AND JEB BUSH IS A GOOD REMINDER
WHERE WE WERE AT IN 2016 WHEN IT
WAS NOT CLEAR THAT DONALD TRUMP
WOULD BECOME THE NOMINEE OF HIS
PARTY, LET ALONE PRESIDENT.
AND THE REPUBLICAN PRESIDENTIAL
FIELD WAS SO GIGANTIC, YOU MIGHT
REMEMBER -- EXCUSE ME, THE
DEBATES ON THE REPUBLICAN SIDE
WERE A LOGISTIC NIGHTMARE.
SO MANY PODIUMS IN THE UNITED
STATES.
STATES. IN THE REPUBLICAN PRESIDENTIAL
PRIMARY IN 2016 WHEN THEY HAD
ANYWHERE BETWEEN 15 TO 20
CANDIDATES, MAYBE MORE,
DEPENDING HOW YOU COUNTED, THEY
HELD A DOZEN DEBATES.
FOR THE FIRST SEVEN OF THOSE 12
DEBATES, THEY HELD A MAIN DEBATE
AND AN UNDER CARD SO IT WAS LIKE
THE ADULT MAIN CANDIDATES IN
PRIME TIME, THE ADULTS TABLE BUT
BEFORE THAT NOT IN PRIME TIME A
KIDS’ TABLE FOR CANDIDATES MAYBE
NOT IMPRESSIVE ENOUGH BY ONE
MEASURE OR ANOTHER TO MAKE IT
INTO THE MAIN EVENT.
THIS WAS A VERY AWKWARD DIVISION
FROM THE VERY BEGINNING.
LITERALLY FROM THE FIRST ONE THE
NETWORK IS SHOWING THE UNDER
CARD DEBATE, THEY PANNED OUT
WIDE TO SHOW THIS IMAGE OF THIS
ROOM IN WHICH THE UNDER CARD
KIDS’ TABLE CANDIDATE WAS ABOUT
TO START DEBATE INCOME FRONT OF
NO ONE.
NO ONE. FOR THE FIRST DEBATE, THEY
DIDN’T INVITE AN AUDIENCE TO
WATCH THE CANDIDATES, WHICH WAS
BOTH AN INSULT TO THEM AND ALSO
I THINK MADE THE CANDIDATES LOOK
RIDICULOUS ON TV.
THE FIRST DEBATE HAD SEVEN
CANDIDATES IN THAT EMBARRASSING
UNDER CARD DEBATE AND TEN
CANDIDATES ON THE MAIN STAGE
LATER THAT NIGHT.
THE ONE AFTER THAT THEY HAD 11
CANDIDATES ON THE MAIN STAGE AND
FOUR CANDIDATES ON THE KIDS’
TABLE DEBATE, THE UNDER CARD.
BY THE TIME THEY GOT TO MID
JANUARY, THE SADDEST UNDER CARD
DEBATE HAD THREE PEOPLE AT IT.
THAT WAS THE KIDS TABLE DEBATE
WITH CARLY AND BY THE EIGHTH,
ENOUGH PEOPLE DROPPED OUT TO DO
A SINGLE EVENT WITH SEVEN
CANDIDATES.
CANDIDATES. THAT WAS STILL BIG ENOUGH,
THOUGH, AND ENOUGH OF A PILEUP
THAT THAT ONE IS THE ONE WHERE
THEY HAD A SEVERE LOGISTIC
CONFUSION MOMENT HOW TO GET ALL
SEVEN CANDIDATES ON THE STAGE.
>> LET’S WELCOME THE CANDIDATES
FOR THE REPUBLICAN COMENOMINATIO
FOR PRESIDENT.
FOR PRESIDENT. LIEUTENANT GOVERNOR CHRIS
CHRISTIE.
CHRISTIE. [ APPLAUSE ]
[ APPLAUSE ]
>> TEXAS SENATOR TED CRUZ.
FLORIDA SENATOR MARCO RUBIO.
FORMER FLORIDA GOVERNOR JEB
BUSH.
BUSH. BUSH.
BUSH. >> DR. BEN CARSON, PLEASE COME
OUT ON THE STAGE, HE’S STANDING
THERE, AS WELL, DR. CARSON.
>> AND DONALD TRUMP.
>> AND LASTLY, WE WELCOME BACK
TO THE DEBATE STAGE DONALD
TRUMP.
TRUMP. TRUMP.
TRUMP. >> CAN I INTRODUCE --
>> YES, YES, WE’LL INTRODUCE
OHIO GOVERNOR JOHN CASEY.
>> AND THAT WAS WHEN THEY HAD
FINALLY WHITTLED IT DOWN TO
STILL SEVEN CANDIDATES.
THAT WAS WHEN THINGS WERE
SUPPOSED TO GET MORE SIMPLE.
AT LEAST THEY DIDN’T HAVE TWO
DIFFERENT DEBATES BUT A HUGE
PILEUP.
PILEUP. EASY TO SCREW THINGS UP.
THE FOOTAGE IS HELPFUL FOR SOME
STUFF LIKE SEEING DONALD TRUMP
STANDING NEXT TO JEB BUSH, OH,
LOOK, JEB BUSH IS TALLER, TRUMP
IS NOT 6’3" BUT A GOOD REMINDER
HOW DIFFICULT THE REPUBLICAN
PARTY HAD IT WHEN THEY TRIED TO
ORGANIZE THEIR PRIMARY IN 2016
AND WHEN THEY SPECIFICALLY TRIED
TO ORGANIZE THE DEBATES IN THE
HUGE FIELD OF CANDIDATES THAT
THE REPUBLICANS HAD RUNNING IN
2016.
2016. I MEAN, WITH THAT UNDER CARD
PLAN IT WAS NOT ONLY
EMBARRASSING TO THE CANDIDATES
INVOLVED BUT DIFFICULT TO TO PRO
PRODUCE AND HAD TO KEEP TWEAKING
CANDIDATES TO TRY TO KEEP
CERTAIN CANDIDATES IN THE FIELD
WHO THEY DIDN’T WANT OFF THE
STAGE ENTIRELY BUT OTHERWISE
MIGHT HAVE DROPPED OUT, I MEAN,
IT WAS A PROCESS NOT PERCEIVED
TO BE FAIR AND DIDN’T DO ANYBODY
FAVORS.
FAVORS. WELL, THIS YEAR THE DEMOCRATIC
PARTY IS FACING A SIMILAR
LOGISTIC L PROBLEM BECAUSE THERE
ARE TEN DEMOCRATIC CANDIDATES
THAT DECLARED RUNNING AND
CERTAINLY SOME ARE BIGGER BUT
ALL OF THEM DESERVE A SHOT.
BY THE TIME EVERYONE IS DONE
DECLARING THEIR INTEREST IN THE
RACE, THE PARTY COULD TOP THE 17
MAYORJOR CANDIDATES THAT TRIED T
CRAM IN IN 2016 TO NO GOOD
EFFECT.
EFFECT. WELL, NOW, AS OF TONIGHT, THE
DEMOCRATIC PARTY HAS ANNOUNCED
HOW THEY ARE GOING TO TRY TO
HANDLE THEIR HUGE FIELD OF
CANDIDATES WITHOUT MAKING SOME
OF MISTAKES THE REPUBLICANS DID
IN 2016.
IN 2016. THE CHAIRMAN OF THE DEMOCRATIC
PARTY TOM PEREZ HAD TO MAKE A
LOT OF HARD DECISIONS TO COME UP
WITH HOW THE PARTY WILL HANDLE
THEIR FIELD OF CANDIDATES